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📰 Neighbors Team Up for Safety 🏡
📰 Wait… Now Rates Are Dropping?! 💡
📰 Secrets of 1916 Unfold 🕵️♀️
Recipe: 🥘 Roasted Veggie Enchilada Casserole
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🏡 Neighbors Team Up for Safety
A major wildfire mitigation project is wrapping up on the hillside above the Garden of the Gods Visitor & Nature Center, aimed at reducing fire risk in an area where flames can spread rapidly uphill. Following a fast-moving fire last year that threatened nearby neighborhoods, including those near Kissing Camels, city departments, the Colorado Springs Fire Department and local partners like Garden of the Gods Resort and Club worked together to remove dense vegetation and create defensible space.
These efforts are designed to slow potential wildfires, protect surrounding properties and give emergency crews more time to respond, highlighting the importance of community-wide collaboration as wildfire risk continues to rise. Full Story
💡 Wait… Now Rates Are Dropping?!
If your head is spinning trying to keep up with utility rate changes, you’re not alone. After recent discussions about potential increases, Colorado Springs Utilities is now proposing a decrease in electric and natural gas fuel rates that could lower the average residential bill by about $9.72 per month.
The proposal, driven by lower projected natural gas prices, will be voted on by City Council on March 24 and could take effect April 1. Because fuel rates adjust quarterly based on market conditions, they can move up or down throughout the year but the quick shift from talk of increases to a proposed decrease has left some residents feeling uncertain about what to expect next. While the potential savings are welcome, it’s understandable if trust feels a little shaky as these changes continue to evolve.
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🕵️♀️ Secrets of 1916 Unfold
Looking for something a little different (and fun) to do? “Suffrage, Sabotage & Secrets” is an immersive mystery experience set in 1916, taking place at the historic Blunt Mortuary on March 28 at 6pm. Guests will step into a high-society fundraiser during a pivotal moment in the women’s suffrage movement, where shifting alliances, hidden motives and a surprise appearance from Anne Van Briggle Ritter bring the story to life.
Designed to be interactive, the evening invites attendees to observe, connect and piece together clues as the mystery unfolds, offering a unique blend of local history, live performance and a night out you won’t soon forget.
✨This one sounds like a “can’t miss” fun night!! Get your tickets now as there are only 10 left!
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🥘 Roasted Veggie Enchilada Casserole
Recipe by Cookie + kate
This casserole recipe is one of my favorite recipes! Make it with a homemade enchilada sauce if possible (without all the additives of the packaged stuff) It’s a hearty, vegetable-packed dinner loaded with fresh Mexican flavors!
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Every Wed-Sun, 11am-2:45pm: Tea at the Castle @ Glen Eyrie Castle, 3820 North 30th St $50
Sept 19-20: Pikes Peak Regional Airshow @ COS Airport $50-$204 (Tickets on sale now)
Mar 19-22, 7:30pm: WTF 2026 - The Women`s Theatre Festival @The MAT, 1626 S Tejon $30.50
Mar 20, 9am-5pm: Dog Days at the Zoo @ Cheyenne Mtn Zoo
Mar 20, Noon-1pm: PPLD Ribbon Cutting Celebration @ 3924 Pony Tracks Dr FREE
Mar 21 (9am-6pm), 22 (10am-5pm): Colorado Super Show & Swap Meet @ Norris Penrose Event Center $16-$18
Mar 21, 10-Noon: Spring Equinox: Flowers & Flow @Gather Mountain Blooms, 5210 S US Hwy 85 87 $57.52
Mar 21, 11am-Noon: Marking Time: Commemorating the Past in the Pikes Peak Region @Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
Mar 21, Noon-6pm: Mad Hatter Saturday @ Bancroft Park at 2408 W Colorado Ave FREE
Mar 21, 2-5pm: Spring Porch Leaners | Upgrade with DIY Candle @ 2834 N Powers Blvd $60
Mar 21, 7pm: World Ballet Company presents Cinderella @ Pikes Peak Center $60-$226
👩🌾 Mar 22 (every Sun thru Apr 26), 11am-3pm: Spring Market @Sourdough Boulangerie, 6449 Omaha Blvd
Mar 22, 11am-3pm (every 4th Sunday): Crafters Collective, Maker's Market @ 3104 North Nevada FREE to attend
Mar 22, Noon-3pm: Repotting Class @ Plant Mamas Garden, 6436 S US Hwy 85/87 Suite D Fountain $15
Mar 23-25, 7:30pm: CLUE @ Broadway at Pikes Peak Center $39-$122
Mar 25, 10-11am: Pikes Peak Gals: Past and Present Walk @ Garden of the Gods Park $5
💐 Mar 28, 9am-3pm: Spring Craft Fair @ Pikes Peak Biker’s Church, 1505 E Monument St
Mar 28, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, The Hollywood Hit @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $79.95
Mar 29, 10am-2pm: 'Rallies for Reading,' charity pickleball tournament @ Springs Pickleball - East, 2975 New Center Point $40 (sign up early to secure your spot!)
Mar 29, 4:30pm: Tallow Balm Making Class: Craft Your Own Custom Skincare @ Meraki Springs, 2703 W Colorado Ave $55
Mar 31, 11am-12:30pm: Mediterranean Diet Workshop @Colorado State University Extension COS, 17 N Spruce St, Suite 226 $17.85
Apr 2, 10-11am: Genealogy Basics @PPLD, Virtual Library on Zoom FREE
Apr 2, 6-7:30pm: The Sensory Tea Experience @2438 E Platte Ave $25 (Space limited, register early)
Apr 4, 11am-5pm: Pikes Peak Chocolate & Cheese Fest @ Norris Penrose Event Center $10-$59
Apr 5, 9-9:30am (First Sun every month): Positive Intention Group Meditation Gathering @ Yoga Studio Satya, 1581 York Rd FREE
Apr 9-May 3: Romeo & Juliet - Theatreworks @ Ent Center for the Arts, Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theatre $20-$31 (Selling out fast)
Apr 10, 11am: Women of the Colorado Gold Rush Era @ OCC Historical Society, 1 S. 24th St $5
Apr 11, All Day: Jigsaw Puzzle Swap @ Old Colorado City Library FREE
Apr 11, 2-3pm: Shopping All the Way to the Woods: How the Outdoor Industry Sold Nature to America @CSPM, 215 S Tejon $5 donation requested (RSVP recommended)
Apr 11, 5:30pm: VERY IMPORTANT CHARITY EVENT (V.I.C.E.) @ Antlers Hotel 18+ $50 (Ticket Sales end Apr 1)
💐 Apr 18, 10am-3pm: Spring Market in Black Forest @Edith Wolford Elementary, 13710 Black Forest Rd
Apr 18, 5:30-9:30: Lumpia Rolling Party @Care and Share, 2605 Preamble Pt $75
Apr 24, 5-6pm: Family & Friends Fused Glass Coasters Class @The Glass Collective, 828 E Fillmore #A $35 (Few Seats Left)
🎶 Concerts / Music
Mar 20, 7:30pm: The Long Run - Eagles Tribute @Phil Long Music Hall $37-$72
Mar 21, 5pm: March PopUp Choir - America the Beautiful @ CO Springs Pioneer Museum FREE (must RSVP, limited seats available)
Mar 21 (7:30pm)-22 (2:30pm): Van Cliburn Champions: Chopin / Schubert @Pikes Peak Center, 190 S Cascade Ave $43-$102
Mar 24, 5:30-7:30pm: Concrete Couch Music Jam @ 1100 S. Royer St FREE
Mar 29, 7:30pm: Hotel California, The Original Eagles Tribute @ Pikes Peak Center $50-$88
Apr 19, 3pm: David Pickering, Organ @Grace and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 601 N. Tejon FREE
Apr 20, 6-8:30pm: Harmony in Bloom Spring Fundraiser @The Peel House at First Lutheran Church, 1515 N Cascade Ave $50
Apr 26, 3pm: Pikes Peak Philharmonic: R&B @ENT Center for the Arts, 5225 N Nevada $14-$20
🔥 Sept 26 & 27: Bruno Mars Concert @ Falcon Stadium, USAFA ON SALE NOW (will sell out)
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